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Over at K&E, Starr is fading

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Liberal clerks are uninterested in employment at the Washington, DC, office of Kirkland and Ells due its the conservative influence of Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr, formerly the firm's star appellate advocate. Since Starr's departure, the firm has become more a hybrid of trial work and appellate practice, and this has been used to solidify relationships with institutional clients. Kirkland hired Starr after the 1992 presidential election, when Starr, then US solicitor general, was looking for employment.

They're psych Ph.d.s and J.D.s; meet the new family law hybrids, loaded with credentials and empathy

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About 6 US law schools offer joint degree programs in which earn Ph.D.s in psychology along with their law degrees, and graduates can contribute to family law practices, a legal specialty in which clients are often so emotionally upset. Personal injury lawyers value their forensic skills, and, with this background, they are also naturals for evaluating expert witnesses who are psychologists.

Psychological aspects, Innovations, Law schools, Practice of law, Family law

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Trumpeting the cause of civil, human rights; in these 'dark days' of death penalty litigation in the South, a zealous advocate mobilizes attorneys to fight for justice

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Stephen Bright heads the Southern Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit law firm that specializes in death penalty and prison reform cases. The center receives no government funds, and operates on just $650,000 a year. Bright, who relies on gifts from the Public Welfare Foundation, other foundations and individuals, is constantly soliciting pro bono hours.